violence Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/violence/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Wed, 05 May 2021 16:24:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Let Me Dream https://smthingscount.com/2020/08/28/let-me-dream/ Fri, 28 Aug 2020 16:46:12 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9653 Starting in November, no matter who we vote in as President, I fervently hope the spirit of Martin Luther King., Jr. rests upon his shoulders

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]]> Misguided Religious Views https://smthingscount.com/2020/05/20/misguided-religious-views/ Wed, 20 May 2020 16:36:36 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9216 Some religions want to destroy us, because we’re so different from them.  Thank God Christians have the Golden Rule.  Then, again, it appears in the

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]]> Guns DO Kill People–in the Wrong Hands https://smthingscount.com/2019/08/05/guns-do-kill-people-in-the-wrong-hands/ Mon, 05 Aug 2019 14:49:39 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8336 I’m not advocating taking people’s guns or rights away, but I am advocating for sensible laws and regulations (since it isn’t happening without them) that

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]]> I Could Have Lost My Son https://smthingscount.com/2019/07/29/i-could-have-lost-my-son/ Mon, 29 Jul 2019 16:35:01 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8297 I was very shaken. I’ve seen news of mass shootings in various cities. I’ve prayed for the victims and their families and felt a lump

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]]> Why Are We Overrun by Immigrants? https://smthingscount.com/2019/06/19/why-are-we-overrun-by-immigrants/ Wed, 19 Jun 2019 16:32:23 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8193 A new United Nations report has an answer. It points out that almost 71 million people have left their home countries, not because they want

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]]> “Funny” TV Ads https://smthingscount.com/2019/02/15/funny-tv-ads/ Fri, 15 Feb 2019 16:54:37 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7760 Gotta love those funny TV commercials!  How about the ad where one guy hits another in the head with a cell phone, twice, or where

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]]> Prepare and Share for Valentine’s Day https://smthingscount.com/2019/02/12/prepare-and-share-for-valentines-day/ Tue, 12 Feb 2019 13:38:19 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7752 Valentine’s Day is almost here and you don’t have a gift for your Special Person.  Why not choose a gift that says, “Let’s share our

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]]> Guns: Where we stand in the World https://smthingscount.com/2018/12/14/guns-where-we-stand-in-the-world/ Fri, 14 Dec 2018 17:30:13 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7560 The CDC has compiled all its 2017 statistics and revealed a startling fact: almost 40,000 people died last year from guns in the U.S. That’s

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]]> Be a Team Player https://smthingscount.com/2018/10/17/be-a-team-player/ Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:21:21 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7393 One of the least-loving places we visit is where our child’s team competes.  Be it soccer or softball, you’ve sat in the stands, cringing when

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]]> 1968 and Beyond: God Bless America https://smthingscount.com/2018/06/05/1968-and-beyond-god-bless-america/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:32:17 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6972 It really WAS “the year that changed America.”  While living through it in my twenties, I didn’t realize that, of course.  It just seemed that

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